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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos
free float
percent complete
activity
risk register (Output/Input)
2. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
activity identifier
technique
network logic
change control
3. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.
expected monetary value (EMV)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
progressive elaboration (Technique)
actual duration
4. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization
schedule network analysis (Technique)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
seller
secondary risk
5. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.
deliverable (Output/Input)
threshold
authority
percent complete
6. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
verification
request for quotation (RFQ)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
7. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers
risk avoidance (Technique)
plan procurements (Process)
develop project charter (Process)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
8. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component
defect repair
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
plan risk response (Process)
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
9. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project
BCWS
slack
plan risk management (Process)
time and material contract (T&M)
10. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance
percent complete
planning package
regulation
role
11. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold
forecast
scope change
risk mitigation (Technique)
standard
12. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
performance measurement baseline
percent complete
risk register (Output/Input)
initiating processes (Process Group)
13. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c
actual cost (AC)
request for proposal (RFP)
configuration management system (Tool)
network path
14. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
project management body of knowledge
functional organization
project organization chart (Output/Input)
15. Significant point or event in the project
risk mitigation (Technique)
sensitivity analysis
request for proposal (RFP)
milestone
16. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning
risk acceptance (Technique)
invitation for bid (IFB)
statement of work (SOW)
secondary risk
17. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact
resource histogram
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
expert judgment (Technique)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
18. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram
plan communications (Process)
code of accounts (Tool)
sensitivity analysis
threshold
19. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project
request for proposal (RFP)
late finish date (LF)
requirements traceability matrix
start to start (SS)
20. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables
scope
project management process group
threat
variance analysis (Technique)
21. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met
project organization chart (Output/Input)
define scope (Process)
project phase
staffing management plan
22. Learning gained from the process of performing the project
lessons learned(Output/Input)
resource calendar
scope
project phase
23. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.
brainstorming (Technique)
precedence relationship
special cause
human resource plan
24. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis
activity identifier
product
sequence activities (Process)
simulation
25. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
log
activity identifier
decomposition (Technique)
26. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
special cause
schedule network analysis (Technique)
develop project charter (Process)
27. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
value engineering
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
sub network
28. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.
lead (Technique)
baseline
lessons learned knowledge base
Monte Carlo simulation
29. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
assumptions
calendar unit
direct and manage project execution (Process)
estimate costs (Process)
30. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity
Gantt chart (Tool)
path divergence
project scope
technique
31. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule
specification
project calendar
scope change
plan risk response (Process)
32. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me
analogous estimating (Technique)
quality
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
project calendar
33. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle
simulation
specification limits
executing processes (Process Group)
requirements traceability matrix
34. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active
grade
three point estimate (Technique)
resource calendar
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
35. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
project schedule (Output/Input)
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
36. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.
resource
expert judgment (Technique)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
project schedule (Output/Input)
37. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
early start date (ES)
project management process group
actual duration
contract (Output/Input)
38. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.
direct and manage project execution (Process)
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
early finish date (EF)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
39. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects
acquire project team (Process)
historical information
portfolio management (Technique)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
40. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
lessons learned knowledge base
sub network
imposed date
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
41. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
functional organization
work package
fast tracking (Technique)
grade
42. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization
develop human resource plan (Process)
material
decomposition (Technique)
buyer
43. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
staffing management plan
estimate costs (Process)
statement of work (SOW)
44. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
produce scope
resource histogram
staffing management plan
master schedule (Tool)
45. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders
validation
template
project phase
contract (Output/Input)
46. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity
finish to start (FS)
project life cycle
path convergence
pareto chart (Tool)
47. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.
monitor and control risks (Process)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
estimate activity durations (Process)
48. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.
quality management plan (Output/Input)
summary activity
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
Gantt chart (Tool)
49. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule
work breakdown structure dictionary
flowcharting (Technique)
develop schedule (Process)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
50. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
start to start (SS)
perform integrated change control (Process)
estimate costs (Process)
float